Lawmakers Experience Life with a ‘Disability’ During Sen. Tartaglione’s Event

OnOctober 7, 2014

HARRISBURG, Oct. 7, 2014 – State lawmakers and Capitol visitors had the opportunity today to experience how people live with disabilities during Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione’s annual Disability Awareness Day.

People without disabilities were able to experience “blindness” or what it is like to move around in a wheelchair during the three-hour event.

“I present this important day because personal experiences can have a bigger impact on our decision makers,” Tartaglione said. “People with disabilities face real challenges many times a day, all of the time. Experiencing what they experience helps us as a commonwealth improve services and be more thoughtful when budgeting decisions need to be made.”